Compound Nouns

Verb + Noun

Observation

ᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ + ᐊᑯᐦᑉ

ᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑯᐦᑉ

chimuwin + akuhp

=

chimuwinikuhp

It is raining + coat

raincoat

The word ᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑯᐦᑉchimuwinikuhpraincoat is made of a verb ᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐchimuwinIt is raining and a noun ᐊᑯᐦᑉakuhpcoat. Such a compound noun can be made by adding a noun to an intransitive verb. The gender of the compound noun will be the same as the gender of the noun added after the verb. ᒋᒧᐧᐃᓂᑯᐦᑉchimuwinikuhp in the example above is an inanimate noun because ᐊᑯᐦᑉakuhp is inanimate. The gender of the verb does not matter.